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010 - Part I, Book the First, Chapter VII - The North Point of Portland

In The Man Who Laughs

Read by Emily Burke


Victor Hugo


The Man Who Laughs is a novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title L'Homme qui rit. Also published unde…

Past Days - Read by EB

In Past Days

Read by Emily Burke


Anne Brontë


LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Past Days by Emily Brontë . This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 28th, 2010An…

Say "Hello" For Me

In Short Science Fiction Collection 043

Read by Emily Burke


Frank W Coggins and Frank W. Coggins


Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…

The Shepherd of the Hills

Read by Emily Jarmard


Harold Bell Wright


The story depicts the lives of mountain people living in the Ozarks and the mystery surrounding an old man called 'The Shepherd of the Hills…

The City of Fire

Read by Emily Grace


Grace Livingston Hill


Home from college, Lynn is heartbroken to find her childhood friend Mark, has fallen away from his faith in God. After making some poor life…

Not Under The Law

Read by Emily Grace


Grace Livingston Hill


After both of Joyce's parents passed away, her beloved aunt raised her. But when her aunt gets sick and dies, Joyce's world turns upside dow…

Lucretia Borgia

Read by Emily Maynard


Ferdinand Gregorovius


According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day. Lucretia Borgia is the most unfortunate woman in modern history. Is this beca…

Bulbs and Blossoms

Read by Emily Isabella


Amy Le Feuvre


Two young children, recently arrived back in England from India, discover their aunt's old gardener, and together they explore the beautiful…

Nobody's Property: Living on the Remains of a Life in California

Read by Emily Kathleen Cooke


Emily Kathleen Cooke


November 4, 1971Jennifer Rose Cooke, a girl from California, just turned 18, goes missing in a frigid forest in West Germany. She has been h…

Nobody's Property: Living on the Remains of a Life in California

Read by Emily Kathleen Cooke


Emily Kathleen Cooke


November 4, 1971Jennifer Rose Cooke, a girl from California, just turned 18, goes missing in a frigid forest in West Germany. She has been h…

Icarus; or, The Future of Science

Read by S. Emily Lee


Bertrand Russell


In this short book, Russell speculates on the effect of the progress of science in the future in a vast array of subjects, ranging from phys…

Fatme's Rescue

In Swanhilde, and other Fairy Tales

Read by Jeff Burke


Wilhelm Hauff


Wilhelm Hauff was a German poet and novelist, perhaps best known for his fairy tales (Märchen). Some of his stories, such as the Caliph…

IV. My Experience with Reporters and Newspapers

In My Larger Education

Read by Kaye Burke


Booker T. Washington


This is a sequel to Washington's first autobiographical book, Up From Slavery, which depicted his early life. He says "This book contai…

74 - How Thor Went to Fish for the Midgard Serpent

In Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson

Read by Jeff Burke


Sæmund Sigfusson and Snorri Sturleson


The most complete set of the epic Norse eddas, or poems. It contains in beautiful verse the pagan beliefs of the Old Norse. Luckily in this …

Life in the Ocean: Animals – Part 1

In The Ocean: A General Account Of The Science Of The Sea

Read by Dave Burke


John Murray


Sir John Murray, considered to be the father of modern oceanography, discusses the variations in the depths of oceans, and the methods and i…

Animal Life in the Sea

In The Book of the Ocean

Read by Jeff Burke


Ernest Ingersoll


The Book of the Ocean is precisely what its title promises. It contains a rather broad overview of all topics connected to the ocean, such a…

12 - Part II, Homes in Iceland

In Viking Tales

Read by Chuck Burke


Jennie Hall


Viking tales are tales from Iceland, featuring the king Halfdan and his son Harald. (Summary by Nadine)